Wagon-box



No. 627,262. Patanted June 20, !8959.

- E. K. HAYES.

WAGON BOX ::shou fllad Sent. 24, 1898 Eugen z'ojfiys,

iNiTiD drames Parent EUGENIO K. HAYES, OF GALVA, ILLTNOIS.

WAGON-BOX.

SPECIFIATION fo'ining part of Letters Patent No. 6 732 dated Jue 899. Application filed September 24,1898. Serial No. 691,'751. (Noniodel To all whom it may concrn:

Be it known that I, EUGENIO K. IIAYES, a citizen of'the United States, residing at Galva, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVagon-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a part of the rear portion of a wagon-box, showing a shoveling board in connection therewith; Fig. 2, a detail View of a portion of the shoVeling-board; Fig. 3, a sectional View taken on line 3 of Fig. i; Fig. 4, an enlarged plan sectional View taken on line 4: of Fig. l; Fig. 5, an enlarged plan sectional View taken on line 5 of Fig. 1; Figs. 6 and 7, sectional views taken on lines 6 and 7, respectively, of Fig. 5 Fig. 8, a side elevation of the parts shown in Fg.` 7, and Fig. 9 a plan View of the clip or fastening for the shoveling-board. 4

In making my improvement in wagon-boxes I make a box having a bottom and side-boards A in the usual manner. At therear end of the side-boards I arrange cleats Ct a, between which an end-gate may be inserted when it is desired to use such piece. As my improvement, however, relates more particularly to what istermed a shovel-board -a board to facilitate the shoveling of the contents from the wagon-boX-I will confine my eX-planations more particularly to such feature, with its associated parts. The shovel-board B is provided with side pieces b, as shown in Figs; 1 and 2. It is provided with and supported at its inner end on supporting-arms B', which are intended to pass up on the outside'of the side-boards of the wagon-box, as shown in Fig. 1. The upper ends of the supportingarms are provided with heads having at the rear side a piece b', provided with an eye, and at the front side a piece 17 provided with elongated holes, as shown in Fig. 2. From the eye a rod ?9 extends down to the shovelboard and passes through a hole in the same provided with a bushing 13 This bushing is provided with a flanged head at one end and with projections 19 at the other, so that when inserted in place the projections may be turned down to form a head, as shown in the drawings. This rod is provided on its outer end with means for preventing its withdrawal through the hole, preferably a turn ,cleat's a a, as shown in Fig. 5. the brackets O to be attached to the wagon- 12 on the end of the rod, as shown in Figs. l and' 2. The bushing is large enough to permit the rod to move freely through it and also to receive the piece b' through it when the shovel-board is raised or sWung-up into a vertical position. When in such position, the rod may be turned down and caught into a hook B which serves to secure the shovelboard in its up position, closing the end of the wagon-box and serving the purpose when up of a tail-board. For the effectual support of the shovel-board there should be two holes in the board provided with bushings and two rods arranged as described above.

The upper ends of the supporting-arms B', through means of the elongated holes in the pieces 6 are secured by bolts and nuts b to brackets C." These brackets are preferably corrugated, as shown nthe drawings, and provided with a number of holes c, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. This enables the brackets to be adjusted up and down on the pieces b of the supporting-arms 'B', so as to regulate their height to suit the varying heights of the side-boards of'different wagon-boxes. In Fig. 8 we see the brackets C and pieces 6 as they appear from the outside of the wagon. The brackets O have horizontal pieces e', extendingin ward above the side-boards of the wagonboX,and depending pieces C', eXtending down-` Ward into the wagon-box, as shown in Fig. 6.

'The depending pieces' O' are provided with U-shaped portions 0 that fit in between the This enables box and to sustain the weight of the shovelboard and a man when standing therein to shovel out the contents of the wagon-box; but in order to still further strengthen and secure the brackets projecting pieces D are attached to the depending portions O' of the brackets O and extended forward enough to permit a clip d, formed by turning the ends of the pieces D outward, to rest against the inner sides of the inner cleats a, as shown in Fig. 5. The pieces D are provided with 'elongated holes and attached through them to the depending pieces C by means of bolts d', and the sur-faces of the two pieces where they contact are preferably serrated. or grooved, as shown in Fig. 5, so that when the nut is turned up on thebolt d' they Will be held tightly to- IOO such cleats be of different widths in dilferent wagon-boxes. The pieces 19 of the supporting-arms B' are also provided with teeth or grooves on their inner surfaces to engage with corresponding teeth or grooves on the outer surfaces of the brackets C, as shown in Fig. 5, so that when the parts are together they will be prevented from slipping the one on the other.

As already intirnated, the shovel-board when used takes the place of the ordinary end-gate. It is intended to be attachable to and detachable from ordinary wagon-boxes. To attach it to a wagon-box, all that is necessary is to remove the end-gate and place the brackets O over the side-boards of the wagon-box, so that the U -shaped portions 0 fit into the groove between the cleats left by the renoval 'of the end-gate and adjust the pieces D so that the clips d Will properly bear again st the inner sides of the inner cleats. The shovelboard is then in place and ready for use. To remove it, all that 'is necessary is to reverse the operation already described in applying it in place. When on a wagon-box, the shovelboard may be turned up to serve the purpose of the end-gate, as already explained, and turned down to perrnit a man to stand in it and readily and easily shovel out the contents of the wagon-box.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a shovel board, brackets adapted to be detachably secured to the rear end of a Wagon-box and provided With vertical series of holes, and supportingarms provided with a forwardly-extending portion having slotted holes adapted to be detachably secured, through such slotted holes, to the brackets, through desired ones of the vertical holes, and pivotally secured to the inner end ot' the shovel-board, snbstantially as described.

2. The conbination of a shovel board, brackets adapted to be detachably secured to the rear end of a wagon-box and provided with vertical series' of holes, and supportingarms provided with a forwardly-extending portion, havin gslotted holes, adapted to be detachably secured, through such slotted holes, to the brackets, through desired ones of the vertical holes, and pivotally secured to the inner end of the shovel-board, and with a rearwardly-extending portion having an eye, and a rod connecting the eye and the shovelboard at a point intermediate its ends, substantially as described.

i 3. The conbination of a shovel board, brackets adapted to be detachably secured to the rear end of a wagon-box and provided with downwardly-depending pieces within the box having portions adapted to fit between cleats affiXed to the side-boards, forwardly-projecting pieces attached to the depending pieces and provided with clips adaptedto bear against the inner sides of the inner cleats, and supporting-arms adjustably secured to the brackets at their upper ends and pivotally secured to the inner end of the shovel-board, substantially as described.

4. The conbination of a shovel board, brackets adapted to be detachablysecured to the rear end of a wagon-box and provided 'with vertical series of holes and with down- Wardly-depending pieces within the box having portions adapted to fit between cleats at fixed to the side-boards, and supporting-arms provided With a forwardly-extending portion having slotted holes adapted to be detachably secured, through such slotted holes, to the brackets, through desired ones of the vertical holes, and pivotallysecured to the inner ends of the shovelboard, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a shovel board, brackets adapted to be detachably secured to the rear end of a wagon-box and provided With vertical series of holes and with downwardly-depending pieces within the box having portions adapted to fit between cleats affixed to the side-boards, forwardly-proj ectin g pieces attached to the depending pieces and provided with clips adapted to bear against the inner sides of the inner cleats, and supporting-arms provided with a forwardly-ex- .tending portion, having slotted holes adapted 'to be detachably secured, through such slotted holes, to the brackets, through desired ones of the vertical holes, and pivotally secured to the inner end of'the shovel-board, 'substantially as described.

I 6. The coinbination of a shovel board, ibrackets adapted to be detachably secured to the rear end of a wagon-box and provided with vertical series of holes and with downwardly- ;depending pieces within the box having portions adapted to fit between cleats affixed to the side-boards, and supporting-arms pro- `vided with a forwardly-extending portion, having slotted holes, adapted to be detachably secured, through such slotted holes, to the ;brackets, through desired ones of the vertical ;ho1es, and pivotally secured to the inner end of the shovel-board, and with a rearwardlyextending portion having an eye, and a rod connecting the eye and the shovel-board at a point intermediate its ends, substantially as described. i

L '7. The combination of a shovel board, 'brackets adapted to be detachably secured to the rear end of a wagon-box and provided with vertical series of holes and with downwardly- {depending pieces within the box having porjtions adapted to fit between cleats afixed to %the side-boards, forwardly-projecting pieces ;attached to the depending pieces and provided with clips adapted to bear against the inner IOO IIO

sides' of the inner cleats, and supportingerms provided-With a forwardly-extending portion, having slotted holes, adapted to be detachably Secured, through such slotted ho1es,' to the brackets, through desired ones of the vertical holes, and pivotally Secured to the inner end of the shovel-board, and With a rearwardlyextending portion having au eye, and a rod connecting the eye and the shovel-board at a point intermediate its ends, substantiaily as described. i

8. The conbination of a shovel board, supporting-arms on which it is pivotally mounted at its inner end, heads on the sup porting-arns terminating in forwardly-proj ecting pieces provided With slotted holes and rearwardly-projecting pieces provided With eyes, bushed holes through the bottom of the shovel-board, rods extendiug froni the eyes through the bnshed holes, hooks on the outer side of the shovel-board adapted to receive the rods when the board is turned into an up or vertical position, brackets embracing the side-boards of the wagon-box provided on the outer side With holes arranged in vertical ro wsfloolts attaching the forWardiy-proj ecti u g portions of the supporting-arms through their slot ted holes With holes in the brackets,whereby the braokets may be adjusted forward or backward or up or down, depending portions of the brackets arranged on the inside of the side-boards provided With pieces resting between the cleats, Whereby the brackets are attached and Secured to the side-boards, and forwardly extending pieces provided with outwardly-projecting clips to contact against the inner sides of the inner cleats, substantially as described.

9. The conbination of a shovel-board provided With hoies intermediate its ends, bushings lining such holes provided With flanged heads at one side and With projections adapted to be turned outwardly and downwardly to form' a head at the other, Whereby they a're Secured in place, and rods connectiug the shovel-board through such bushings to the rear end of a wagon-box, substantially as described.

EUGENIO K. HAYESa Witnesses:

THOMAS B. MCGREGOR, SAML. N. BANNING. 

